COST Options History — December 2024

In December 2024, COST traded between $916.95 and $995.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.5%, placing in the 37.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 17.4%). Max pain ranged from $820.00 to $900.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.83.

Notable Days

  • 2024-12-13: Highest Volume — 156,479 contracts
  • 2024-12-13: Largest IV drop — 20.2% change
  • 2024-12-04: Highest IV Rank — 58.8%
  • 2024-12-04: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$970.32$916.95$995.20$974.82$916.95
Max Pain$854.76$820.00$900.00$900.00$860.00
ATM IV21.5%16.9%25.2%25.0%19.3%
Expected Move6.3%4.6%8.7%8.4%5.6%
HV 20d17.4%12.6%21.9%21.8%14.1%
HV 60d17.8%16.8%18.7%18.7%17.7%
IV Rank37.9%12.3%58.8%57.7%25.8%
IV Percentile53.7%12.7%86.1%84.9%34.5%
Term Structure0.1%-1.1%1.8%-0.2%-1.1%
VWIV22.5%16.5%31.0%30.7%19.2%
Skew 25d0.6%-0.9%2.5%-0.9%2.5%
Skew 10d1.4%-2.7%6.8%-1.3%6.4%
Call IV 25d21.5%16.9%25.9%25.5%18.5%
Put IV 25d22.0%18.0%25.4%24.6%21.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.7142.7969.5844.9865.69
Gamma HHI0.080.030.230.060.03
Net GEX142.0K-393.6M304.7M151.2M-147.0M
Net DEX-4.67B-7.13B-1.12B-6.05B-1.12B
Net VEX-22.3M-25.0M-20.1M-20.6M-24.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.830.331.520.340.66
Total Volume52,550.61919,564156,47963,39133,076
Total OI313,898.905282,263356,883282,263301,264

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-12-02$974.82$900.0025.0%8.4%21.8%57.7%30.7%-0.9%-0.2%151.2M-6.05B-20.6M0.3444.9847,29116,100125,956156,307
2024-12-03$980.84$900.0025.2%8.5%21.8%58.6%30.8%-0.4%-0.7%255.3M-6.61B-20.7M0.3342.7935,98411,979139,732162,880
2024-12-04$988.70$900.0025.2%8.7%21.8%58.8%31.0%-0.6%-0.5%294.1M-7.00B-20.3M0.6352.7227,64317,310138,399165,515
2024-12-05$985.73$820.0024.0%6.7%21.9%52.0%24.0%-0.4%-0.8%241.1M-6.65B-20.6M0.7158.6328,47420,117138,431170,516
2024-12-06$994.56$830.0023.9%6.7%21.4%51.3%23.7%0.8%-0.2%304.7M-7.13B-20.6M0.3959.5865,51325,330144,868176,432
2024-12-09$986.39$830.0024.1%6.8%19.1%52.8%24.4%-0.2%-0.1%106.7M-6.12B-20.4M1.1158.7615,33816,974132,514160,151
2024-12-10$993.43$830.0024.3%6.9%18.6%53.5%24.7%-0.0%-0.3%122.2M-6.52B-20.7M0.7457.8114,69710,807137,223166,679
2024-12-11$995.20$830.0023.9%6.7%18.5%51.4%24.0%-0.6%-0.6%112.8M-6.56B-20.3M0.9858.8525,00224,543137,751169,926
2024-12-12$989.11$835.0024.9%7.0%18.8%57.0%25.0%-0.4%-0.5%66.6M-5.93B-21.5M1.0259.0641,56542,313143,205177,524
2024-12-13$992.81$840.0019.9%5.7%17.6%28.8%20.7%-0.1%0.1%97.7M-6.46B-20.1M0.8362.6385,63570,844159,912191,372
2024-12-16$993.86$840.0019.0%5.5%15.7%24.3%19.9%-0.4%0.2%95.6M-6.11B-20.3M0.7165.6740,71628,922138,462174,485
2024-12-17$982.70$840.0019.6%5.6%16.3%27.3%20.3%0.2%0.2%-22.8M-5.19B-21.6M1.1366.5418,04420,419143,497185,969
2024-12-18$965.85$850.0022.1%6.3%17.6%41.5%22.4%1.0%-0.3%-149.9M-3.77B-23.7M0.7969.5820,86616,408146,716193,879
2024-12-19$958.47$855.0022.1%6.4%17.9%41.6%22.7%1.8%-0.2%-225.5M-3.04B-24.6M1.2961.0322,64629,154150,034198,480
2024-12-20$958.59$855.0018.7%5.3%14.3%22.5%18.9%2.0%1.1%-393.6M-3.41B-24.5M1.5255.9123,61235,866154,283202,600
2024-12-23$949.63$865.0018.1%5.2%14.4%19.3%18.4%1.1%1.8%-165.3M-2.18B-25.0M0.7564.0618,72014,117120,895170,002
2024-12-24$953.96$865.0017.1%4.6%14.0%13.5%16.8%1.5%1.4%-129.2M-2.79B-24.6M0.4863.8213,1866,378127,158174,156
2024-12-26$956.36$865.0016.9%4.6%12.6%12.3%16.5%0.9%1.4%-120.5M-2.98B-24.1M0.9065.3114,69313,267129,845175,837
2024-12-27$936.76$865.0018.5%5.4%14.1%21.3%18.9%1.5%0.7%-337.0M-1.26B-24.5M1.1261.2225,72828,895135,556179,236
2024-12-30$922.03$875.0019.2%5.5%14.2%25.3%19.3%2.5%0.2%-154.3M-1.12B-25.0M0.9659.3618,02517,366126,082168,148
2024-12-31$916.95$860.0019.3%5.6%14.1%25.8%19.2%2.5%-1.1%-147.0M-1.12B-24.9M0.6665.6919,97013,106133,192168,072